Fundraiser sponsorship is unsound for business

August 12, 2010

I was appalled to read in The Morning Call that the vice chairman of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce held a fundraiser to support the radical anti-job, anti-growth and anti-business agenda of Nancy Pelosi. Sadly, it appears he put his personal business agenda ahead of his responsibilities to his 5,000 members, most of whom are small business people. That's wrong, especially since this is the most anti-business presidential administration in memory.

As we've watched John Callahan dance a jig to avoid taking a position on any of the issues facing the country in Congress, we learned he has no solid foundation for his beliefs. He will be a rubber stamp for Nancy Pelosi's agenda of card check, a national energy tax and tax hikes on small businesses.

It's time to get a clear statement from the chamber that Gregg Feinberg's sponsoring this Callahan fundraiser, which will ultimately support policies that any rational Chamber of Commerce should oppose, is unacceptable. If such a statement isn't forthcoming, then drastic action needs to be taken against this schizophrenic group.